tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post3387575871804067173..comments2024-03-16T13:43:21.762-04:00Comments on Schools Matter: Dave Green: "The Inconvenient Truth Behind Teach for America and Its Inadequate Version of Teacher Training"James Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-17539280896254488282012-04-10T03:27:29.898-04:002012-04-10T03:27:29.898-04:00From Koch brothers support (commandeering?) of PBS...From Koch brothers support (commandeering?) of PBS to Exxon-Mobil being behind the National Math Science Initiative... Union busting school district leadership, TFA, and the corporate mind set taking over my profession... It is truly time to act. Thanks for sharing the message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-43817662746143664682012-04-07T16:54:56.208-04:002012-04-07T16:54:56.208-04:00Jim, Teach for America is an idea gone haywire. Da...Jim, Teach for America is an idea gone haywire. Dave Green forgot to mention "why" young people from schools like Harvard, Yale, etc. go into TFA. Guess what? It is to avoid having to pay back their college loans. It the same reason states, like New York, take Race-to-the-Top bucks in exchange for testing pre-kindergarten children and evaluating teachers & principals with standardized tests. As the song goes in Cabaret, "MONEY-MONEY-MONEY."Don Bartalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080604896323503322noreply@blogger.com